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hf
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Hi - new here, still in the "research stage" regarding WVO/diesel, but haven't seen this topic addressed here or elsewhere:

How should you ventilate, if at all, while heating your WVO to 90+ F degrees indoors (for better filtering) in your basement or garage?

Every kitchen I've seen has at least a indoor-indoor fan above the stove (and preferably ventilation to the outdoors) for safety so that VO doesn't accumulate in the rafters and become a fire hazard. So I'd have to presume that a WVO warm filtering system would need similar ventilation, unless done entirely outdoors (not an appealing idea during our Boston winters Wink And I'm guessing I shouldn't make our clothes dryer exhaust duct "dual use".

Since I'm leaning toward acquiring the Dana Linscott "simple handpump" plans, I'd especially appreciate replies suitable for that system if set up indoors (presuming the plans don't address that - perhaps a bad presumption?) Especially glorious would be a set of plans for DIY-challenged types like me Wink
 
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I stick a 7 gallon enamel container on top of a wood stove indoors with a lid it's not a danger at all, oil has a very high heat tolerance before it catches fire. So as long as you have a low flame, a wood stove that's burned down to coals for example, there's a little more danger with an open flame.

I would definitely go with the garage over the basement though for fumes. Ideally you might just use a half size electric water heater. There's a lot of info about doing that safely, especially when you're just heating VO and not mixing methanol. You can hand pump VO provided it's not colder than frige temp.


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As someone who has put money and time into the DSE filtration setup, Dana Linscott's simple handpump system, John Galt's upflow setting system (the better of the three), let me say that I would have saved a lot of time, effort and money if I had invested in a centrifuge (I spent about 800$ of my CF, which consists of a gear pump, electric motor, FPHE and airhose and compression fittings I had laying around the garage) to begin with. Keep in mind you might be able to do a centrifuge for a lot less than what I spent: I simply after messing with different systems for a year or so decided I wanted to get it working and have it work right. If you can scalp a gear pump from a scrapyard you might be able to do a whole CF on the cheap.

Just my two cents.


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VO doesn't put out any hazardous fumes when heated. You might want a fan to get rid of bad smells that some VO has. A bathroom vent fan would be cheap and easy.


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Originally posted by hf:
Hi - new here, still in the "research stage" regarding WVO/diesel, but haven't seen this topic addressed here or elsewhere:

How should you ventilate, if at all, while heating your WVO to 90+ F degrees indoors (for better filtering) in your basement or garage?

Every kitchen I've seen has at least a indoor-indoor fan above the stove (and preferably ventilation to the outdoors) for safety so that VO doesn't accumulate in the rafters and become a fire hazard. So I'd have to presume that a WVO warm filtering system would need similar ventilation, unless done entirely outdoors (not an appealing idea during our Boston winters Wink And I'm guessing I shouldn't make our clothes dryer exhaust duct "dual use".

Since I'm leaning toward acquiring the Dana Linscott "simple handpump" plans, I'd especially appreciate replies suitable for that system if set up indoors (presuming the plans don't address that - perhaps a bad presumption?) Especially glorious would be a set of plans for DIY-challenged types like me Wink

Definately learn your lessons outside. I'm at it 3 years and would love to get it out of my garage to an outbuilding. No real fumes, but mine smells like fried foods if i leave the top off. Stay out of the basement....you WILL splill this stuff. 100% guaranteed. But at $5/gal diesel, you'll just smile and clean it up. Big Grin


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